5.8 magnitude quake hits Nepal, strong tremors jolt Delhi-NCR and other cities

First India Bureau

New Delhi: Strong tremors were felt across Delhi and the national capital region after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday afternoon. According to the NCS, the quake hit Nepal at 2.28 pm and the epicenter was about 148 km east of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.

Two More Nominations For India

2 Indian documentaries made it to nominationsShaunak’s ‘All That Breathes’ and Kartiki Gonsalves’ ‘The Elephant Whisperers’.

ALL THAT BREATHES: The film revolves around the lives of siblings Mohammad Saud and Nadeem Shehzad, who work out of their derelict basement in Delhi’s Wazirabad, to rescue and treat injured birds, especially the black kites.

THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS: It has been nominated in the ‘Documentary Short Film Category’ against ‘Haul Out,’ ‘How Do You Measure A Year?’ ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect,’ and ‘Stranger’.

The intense tremors in Delhi-NCR lasted for at least 15 seconds, with

3 KILLED, SEVERAL FEARED TRAPPED IN BUILDING COLLAPSE

3 people were killed while others are feared trapped after a residential building collapsed on Wazir Hasanganj Road in Lucknow. Apartment block collapsed 4 hours after earthquake hit north India.

people seen rushing out of their homes and the offices.